Manifest Destiny
The belief that the U.S. was ordained to expand across North America
A. Manifest Destiny
B. Annex
C. Expansion
D. Boomtown
A. Manifest Destiny
This trail was about 2,000 miles long and took months to travel.
A. Santa Fe Trail
B. Oregon Trail
C. Mormon Trail
D. Old Spanish Trail
B. Oregon Trail
Texas was originally part of:
A. Mexico
B. France
C. Spain
D. Britain
A. Mexico
The movement to end slavery was called:
A. Temperance
B. Suffrage
C. Nativism
D. Abolition
D. Abolition
Fought for a 10-hour workday for women
A. Susan B. Anthony
B. Dorothea Dix
C. Sarah Bagley
D. Harriet Tubman
C. Sarah Bagley
Which is an economic reason settlers moved west?
A. To avoid war
B. To build factories
C. Cheap land and fertile soil
D. To limit immigration
C. Cheap land and fertile soil
Which was a common danger faced on the journey west?
A. Disease
B. Accidents
C. Lack of food and water
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Why did the U.S. delay annexing Texas?
A. No settlers
B. Fear of war and slavery issues
C. Lack of land
D. Weather concerns
B. Fear of war and slavery issues
Why did workers form labor unions?
A. To demand better pay and conditions
B. To stop immigration
C. To own land
D. To travel west
A. To demand better pay and conditions
Promoted public education for all
A. Horace Mann
B. Frederick Douglass
C. James F. Polk
D. Sojourner Truth
A. Horace Mann
To add a territory to your country is to:
A. Expand
B. Annex
C. Settle
D. Pioneer
B. Annex
How did westward expansion increase tensions in the United States?
A. It improved relationships between all groups and ended conflicts
B. It stopped immigration and economic competition
C. It made all states agree on laws and policies
D. It increased conflict over slavery and led to the displacement of Native Americans
D. It increased conflict over slavery and led to the displacement of Native Americans
What caused the war to begin?
A. Slavery debates
B. Gold discovery
C. Border disputes and fighting
D. Immigration conflicts
C. Border disputes and fighting
Which is a PUSH and PULL factor?
A. Jobs in America; Religious persecution
B. Cheap land; War
C. War and poverty; Jobs and opportunity
D. Freedom of speech; Famine
C. War and poverty; Jobs and opportunity
Who worked to improve conditions for the mentally ill?
A. Sojourner Truth
B. Dorothea Dix
C. Horace Mann
D. Frederick Douglass
B. Dorothea Dix
What group helped map trails for settlers?
A. Farmers
B. Soldiers
C. Mountain men
D. Immigrants
C. Mountain men
A community that grows quickly due to sudden wealth is called:
A. Colony
B. Boomtown
C. Settlement
D. Territory
B. Boomtown
This river became the official border between the U.S. and Mexico.
A. Mississippi River
B. Rio Grande
C. Colorado River
D. Missouri River
B. Rio Grande
The Know-Nothing Party wanted to:
A. Limit immigration
B. Expand territory
C. End slavery
D. Improve factories
A. Limit immigration
Who led enslaved people to freedom using the Underground Railroad?
A. Susan B. Anthony
B. Harriet Tubman
C. Horace Mann
D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B. Harriet Tubman
Who wrote about Manifest Destiny in 1845?
A. John O’Sullivan
B. Frederick Douglass
C. Horace Mann
D. James K. Polk
A. John O’Sullivan
What invention made travel across the country faster and safer?
A. Steamship
B. Wagon train
C. Transcontinental Railroad
D. Canal system
C. Transcontinental Railroad
This purchase completed the southern U.S. border.
A. Missouri Compromise
B. Louisiana Purchase
C. Gadsden Purchase
D. Oregon Treaty
C. Gadsden Purchase
What inspired reformers to improve society?
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Gold Rush
C. Second Great Awakening
D. Westward Expansion
C. Second Great Awakening
Who escaped slavery and became a powerful speaker for equality?
A. Frederick Douglass
B. Horace Mann
C. James Polk
D. Dorothea Dix
A. Frederick Douglass